Saturday, September 4, 2010

A gifted wordsmith....?

Saturday Centus time, a themed writing meme. The challenge is to write 100 words to add to the prompt started by Jenny Matlock from off on my tangent.


The writing prompt is in (bold) itallics...

“It was a dark and stormy night"…Brilliant…What a perfect start to her first literary masterpiece.
 
Pouting, darling Julia used her eraser to gently, but thoroughly scratch off the beginning sentence.

“Your incipit must be original” Mrs. Langford instructed just as Julia had written hers.

Julia was smart, but was she really smart enough to be taking up space at Davidson Academy?

Time would tell.

Originality will set you apart” Langford continued. “None of that it was a dark and stormy night business”.

Julia squeezed her brain for words….”It was a light and sunshiny day” she scribbled, her flowing cursive flawless.

21 comments:

  1. Laughed out loud at the end. So laughed at out loud. I was so feeling her angst in the middle - what a neat piece you have here!!!Julie and her school could have a whole big story to tell!

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  2. Snorted at the end! Damn this was fine.

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  3. Nice ending.
    Here is part of my comment to Renner's post that I think applies here too:

    I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
    I don't feel that the line 'It was a dark and stormy night' is as hackneyed as the rest of you seem to feel. It still has a freshness to me because I have lived so long outside of the English-speaking world. I still have something of a child's perception of the English language.
    I could cry because this means that no matter what I write it is trite!
    Or laugh.

    Best wishes,
    Anna

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  4. So, is this a statement about the seemingly canned and cliched nature of our prompt....funny...me likes it ;-) Peace

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  5. I pressed the wrong button and published my comment before I was ready. Ever do that?
    I like your title. 'Not all who wander are lost'.
    Best wishes,
    Anna
    Anna's SC #18

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  6. Great Centus. Oh writing, how difficult those first lines can be.

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  7. Nice take here...pleasant reading!

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  8. Good for Julia...I hope she gives more fits to that crotchety old teacher and holds her ground.

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  9. Clever & very funny! Well done!

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  10. I love your clever take on the prompt! wonderful! :-)

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  11. Loved loved loved that ending!!! Lovely little take on the prompt! Bravo!

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  12. I love this! Totally love it. I actually had that last phrase in my head when I started my little story tonight.

    But you totally rocked this SC, so I'm glad I didn't use it!

    Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.

    And original.

    So there Mrs. Langford!

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  13. That was such a cute story! Loved the zinger at the end. Really well done, Koby!

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  14. Ha, ha, ha! That was perfect! You truly captured the feelings of a frustrated writer! I loved "squeezing her brain". I'm sure her flawless, flowing cursive fixed the problem! :)

    I just posted two assignments on one post. I'm bad, but please visit me anyway!

    Malisa

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  15. This made me smile. Nothing harder than that first sentence. I'm afraid if I squeezed my brain right now, I would only produce mush :)

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  16. Got a wonderful chuckle from the ending.

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  17. Very clever. Very cool. Thanks for the chuckle!

    ..........cj

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  18. Haha I absolutely love the ending! Good job!

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